UKIP are worryingly visible at the moment as I’m sure you can’t have failed to notice. They are being taken ever more seriously and that, for me, is terrifying. I thought I would collate some of the bizarre, depressing and offensive things they’ve said, just so people can be clear that they are not a serious political party.

Farage, everyone’s least favourite beer drinker, is used to his party members saying things that make themselves, and him, look like grade-A divs. His defense is always the same – a few bad apples are ruining it for the rest of the party.

But, from the following quotes, it’s clear that it would be difficult to find even a single edible apple amongst their fetid selection of putrefying old fruit…

1. David Silvester

Silvester (suspended from Ukip in January) called homosexuality a “spiritual disease”, and declared that

…since the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, the nation has been beset by serious storms and floods. One recent one caused the worst flooding for 60 years. The Christmas floods were the worst for 127 years. Is this just global warming or is there something more serious at work?